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    Default RTL plans MPEG-4 pay-DTT



    German commercial broadcaster RTL wants to transmit its channels via DTT in Stuttgart from mid-2009. As well as free-to-air channels RTL, RTL II, VOX and Super RTL, the package will include pay-TV services Passion and RTL Crime, marking the first time pay-TV channels will be available via DTT in Germany.

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    Default Teletext prepares to go digital-only

    Teletext is to cut up to 16 jobs after turning over some editorial and administrative functions to the Press Association.

    The company said that the cuts will be made following a "review of editorial costs and efficiencies" as it prepares "for a digital-only future".

    PA will produce Teletext's entertainment pages and handle viewer enquiries that are currently handled by duty editors.

    "In the current economic climate we have to ensure that we are delivering editorial services in as efficient a way as possible and these changes will expand our existing relationship with the Press Association, while retaining other external specialists to keep the distinctive character of our various entertainment magazines," said Teletext editor-in-chief John Sage.

    Last month, Ofcom questioned the need for a public service teletext licence beyond 2014, and permitted Teletext to dramatically cut the number of national and regional news pages it publishes

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    Default MTV and Paramount in massive profit slump

    Parent company Viacom sees 69% loss
    Can Paramount's upcoming film slate push Viacom's profits up?
    Viacom, the owners of MTV, Paramount Pictures and the Rock Band franchise, has announced a massive 69 per cent loss in profits.
    The loss is being put down to redundancy payouts – 880 jobs were cut in December – and a write-down of assets.
    The loss equates to a $387 million year-on-year, with profits down to $173 million (£120 million) from $560 million (£350 million) the same time in 2008.
    Poor DVD sales
    Viacom is putting the profit slump down to a decline in advertising and a slowing of DVD sales, with Viacom President Philippe Dauman saying the company's fourth-quarter results "reflect the realities of a challenging economy."
    In 2008, the company had successful DVD releases of Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull, but still saw a 6 per cent dip in the home entertainment market.
    There was some good news regarding the cinema revenue. Paramount saw 28 per cent jump in revenues to $350 million (£240 million). The company is hoping that its 2009 film slate will also perk things up – with the likes of Star Trek, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen and "GI Joe all coming out this year.

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    Default TVN24 in 16/9 picture format

    TVN24 has plans to use a virtual studio in mid-March 2009 which would appear in some programmes, such as the "Political Scanner". This will allow to diversify the set. Next step for TVN24, also planned for March, is the introduction of 16/9 picture format.


    TVN24 singnal in 16/9 format is already available on Hot Bird 7A (13E) satellite, it is encoded in Conax CAS7.


    Technical parameters:

    Hot Bird 7A (13°E)
    tp. 10 (11,393 GHz, pol. V, SR: 27500, FEC: 3/4, DVB-S)

    ID: Test
    PID V: 522
    PID A: 750
    PID PCR: 146
    SID: 4321

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    Default Funspot and Mood Channel in Poland

    Two channels should appear soon in Poland - Funspot and Mood Channel. Program company will distribute these channels. Program has recently signed a contract with Accedo Broadband, a provider of interactive content to approximately 4 million IPTV customers in 25 countries worldwide.


    Funspot is a channel with interactive games, available in several categories: puzzle, quiz, arcade, logical games, strategy, cards - a total of more than 100 titles. Most of these games are offered in HD quality. Mood Channel is a library of live pictures in Full HD.

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    Default FilmBox in Cyfrowy Polsat?

    FilmBox movie channels package may soon enrich an offer of Cyfrowy Polsat, the largest Polish digital platform. Cyfrowy Polsat is the only digital satellite platform which doesn't offer a package of 4 FilmBox channels: FilmBox, FilmBox Extra, FilmBox Family and Filmbox HD.


    This situation will change very soon. SPI broadcaster negotiates this issue with Cyfrowy Polsat. Broadcaster wants a rapid increase of its coverage because later this year SPI will launch three new movie channels, including Kino Polska HD.

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    Default CANAL+ Cyfrowy stations with a wider range

    From the beginning of 2009 thematic channels produced by CANAL+ Cyfrowy have a wider viewer range. Distribution on the Cyfra+ platform and cable networks has been widen. All channels produced by CANAL+ Cyfrowy are available only on the Cyfra+ platform and selected cable networks.


    In 2008 CANAL+ Cyfrowy channels has achieved a 40% increase in subscriber base and from 1st of January 2009 all Cyfra+ subcribers have acces to stations produced by CANAL+. Now CANAL+ Cyfrowy channels reach to 3 and more million households (Cyfra+ and cable networks):

    ale kino! – reaches to 2,9 mln households
    Planete – 3,48 mln households
    ZigZap / Hyper – 2,88 mln households
    MiniMini – 3,91 mln households
    Kuchnia.tv – 2,68 mln households
    Domo – 1,45 mln households

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    Default Discovery HD free on charge in Cyfrowy Polsat for

    Up to 30th of June 2009 Discovery HD will be available in Cyfrowy Polsat free of charge to all users of platform's HD decoders. From 1st of July to watch Discovery HD subscribers will have to pay 6 PLN per month. Discovery HD is available on channels 80 and 115 in Cyfrowy Polsat.


    First Discovery HD channel was launched in the U.S. in 2002. Since then, it has appeared on 23 international markets. Today, Discovery HD reaches more than 21 million subscribers worldwide, including almost all U.S. households with HDTV receivers. According to a survey, Discovery HD is the most frequently watched high definition channel from all of the existing HD stations in United States.

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    Default WWE wrestling on Eurosport

    Eurosport and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) have signed a two-year deal. Starting on the 9th of February at 9 PM, wrestling fans will be able to watch two WWE programmes on Eurosport - 'This Week in WWE' and 'WWE Vintage Collection'. Shows will be available in Eurosport's all European territories excluding the UK, that is 200 million viewers and 58 countries across the continent.


    ‘This Week in WWE’ is a weekly recap show produced exclusively for Eurosport. Magazine offers most important matches and segments from three weekly WWE shows - RAW, SmackDown and ECW. For nearly two years now Polish fans can also watch a 45-minute versions of RAW and SmackDown on Extreme Sports Channel.

    ‘WWE Vintage Collection’ is a show hoster by 'Mean' Gene Okerlund with classic WWE matches from 70s, 80s and early 90s. Viewers will such a wrestling legends as: Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior, Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart, Legion of Doom and Demoilition.

    WWE programming on Eurosport and Extreme Sports Channel is prepared by people from WrestleFans.pl portal. Andrzej Supron, Pawel Borkowski and Rafal Tomasiak are WWE commentators on Eurosport.

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    Default TVN CNBC Biznes for free on the Internet

    TVN CNBC Biznes for free on the Internet


    From now on TVN CNBC Biznes programmes are available on channel's website. Station decided to put all their productions there. In addition, a satellite transmission of this channel is encoded in the Conax, Seca Mediaguard 3 as well as Viaccess 3.0 systems while access to the content on the Internet is free of charge.


    This is the first channel from TVN group that has taken such a step. The only "problem" is a 30-second advertisement block before each clip of TVN CNBC Biznes material.

    TVN CNBC Biznes website -
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    Default Kino Polska with new graphics in March

    Kino Polska with new graphics in March


    At the beginning of March 2009 image of Kino Polska channel will be refreshed. Changes will include the introduction of a new logo and graphics. Subscribers will also have access to a refreshed website of Kino Polska. The changes are made to ensure a modern and dynamic look.


    Kino Polska is the first and the only TV channel that shows only Polish movies. It is also the first private television station with Polish capital only as well as the first and only thematic channel with a regular block of the Polish independent "off cinema". Kino Polska started a regular transmission on 20th of December 2003.

    Channel's website -
    www.kinopolska.pl

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    Default Five more arrested over CCTV blaze

    Five more arrested over CCTV blaze



    Beijing police have arrested five more people allegedly linked to a spectacular fire that destroyed a building belonging to the China Central Television (CCTV), official media told AFP on Thursday. The five were accused of helping to transport fireworks to the construction site of CCTV’s new Beijing headquarters and helping those who lit them flee police, Xinhua news agency said.
    The illegal fireworks display on 9 February started a blaze that lit up Beijing’s skyline and consumed a nearly-completed building that was to house the Mandarin Oriental hotel. A Beijing firefighter was killed fighting the blaze.
    Police earlier arrested 12 others suspected of causing the blaze, including Xu Wei, 50, who was in charge of construction at CCTV’s new site. The gutted building sits next to the newly-built CCTV tower, a futurist structure that served as a symbol of China’s modernisation during the August Beijing Olympics. The tower, scheduled to open in October, was not damaged in the blaze.

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    Default Spain: TV sector to be more flexible

    Rose Major 22-02-2009


    Spanish TV broadcasters have received a boost with news the government is planning to change a law which limits companies to having stakes of less than 5% in two different broadcasters.


    Vice-president Teresa Fernández de la Vega justified this measure by saying the outcome of the decision should be "to reinforce financially the TV companies which are affected by the advertising downturn and at the same time to allow their capitalization and synergies".

    The new law establishes that the same person or entity can have more than 5% in more than one TV company on condition their average share of the broadcasters in which it is present is not higher than 27% of the total share. The law also allows the merging of the broadcasters, provided that they do not own more than 27% of share and that the existence of three private national broadcasters with a different content philosophy is maintained.

    However, the new law prevents the same company or person from having rights over a slice of the public radioelectric spectrum, either on their own or by means of significant shares, superior to the technical capacity of the national coverage multiplexes and a regional multiplex.

    As for the public broadcasters the new law establishes some limits. In the case of the national public broadcaster RTVE the government won't be able to book or give to the public broadcasters more than 25% of the radioelectric spectrum space. In the case of the autonomous and local TV channels this limit will go up to 50%.

    As for the participation of persons from non-EU countries, these will abide by the reciprocity principle (ie they can invest here if we can invest there) as long as it is not applied under a retroactive principle.

    Finally the new law establishes the obligation for the national DTT broadcasters to put together their contents for at least one satellite distributor so those citizens who cannot access terrestrial coverage can do so via satellite.

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    Default Disney goes mobile in Asia

    Rose Major 22-02-2009

    A range of Disney movies and TV series will be available for mobile users in Korea to download from March following a deal with SK Telecom.


    Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) has agreed to stream its content, including full-length features, to SK Mobile subscribers. It is the first such deal Disney has agreed outside the US and Canada.

    Rob Gilby, Disney-ABC’s managing director in the region, said: “Korea’s highly advanced digital society and mobile phone culture makes it a priority market for us to launch this first-time service internationally, and SK Telecom’s pioneering development across multiple digital platforms makes it a natural partner.”

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    Default German DVB-H to try again?

    Chris Forrester 22-02-2009

    As we reported recently, Germany seems to want to try again with DVB-H, buoyed by the apparent success of DVB-H services to mobile phones in neighbouring Austria (90,000 users).

    German mobile operator Mobile 3.0 last year handed back its licence to operate a DVB-H system. One industry observer says it is quite possible that Mobile 3.0’s rivals might combine to create a business model.

    “Austria is definitely a pioneer in mobile TV in Europe,” according to 3 Austria’s CEO Berthold Thoma. “If only countries such as France, Germany and Great Britain would adopt DVB-H technology, there would be more devices that support DVB-H.”

    A special committee has been formed to examine investor interest – perhaps itself a struggle these days. But with the Solaris Mobile satellite about to be launched in just 4 weeks, and with its cargo of potential DVB-SH frequencies, perhaps a service will have better luck this time around.

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